Award points manually

Use a manual award for anything the app can’t score by itself: a bonus for the best costume, points for helping set up, or a correction. A negative amount deducts points.

Who can do this: Org admins and score keepers. Read-only users can see the ledger but not award.

Where: Event → Engagement → Points (also on Leaderboard, and in a participant’s drawer on Participants)

Award or deduct points

1. On the Points page, click Award points.
2. In Participant, pick the person.
3. Set Amount. The − and + buttons move it by 10. Click the number to type an exact value. A negative number deducts points. The amount can’t be zero.
4. Optionally, add a Reason. It shows in the ledger’s Reason column.
5. Click Award points.

The ledger and the leaderboard update straight away. If the person is in a team, the points also count towards the team’s total.

To award to one person you already have open, use Award points in the Points section of their drawer on the Participants page. The form is the same, with the participant already filled in.

Note

A manual award is given exactly as you type it. If a Power Play window is live, the form says so, for example “Power Play ×2 is live: this award will NOT be doubled — only points participants earn by playing are.” Don’t halve your number to make up for it.

Tip

If your connection drops and you click Award points again, the award is only recorded once. You may see “Already recorded: an earlier try went through.”

Check who awarded what

The History table on the Points page shows every award. For manual awards, Source says “Manual award” and Awarded by shows who gave it. Filter by Participant to see one person’s points.

To undo a manual award, award the same amount as a negative number, with a reason.

Related: How points work explains every other source of points in the ledger.